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The Fountainhead

Critics' Rating:

Release Year:
1949

MPAA Rating:NR

Genre:Drama

Director:King Vidor

Unconventional and arrogant architect Howard Roark sees himself as misunderstood, having been openly criticized by writer Ellsworth Toohey . Taking a job at a quarry in lieu of compromising his vision, Roark becomes involved with rich, married socialite Dominique Francon . As he struggles to preserve his ideals and projects while competing for the heart of a married woman, Roark's reactions become increasingly complex and dramatic.

Cast
:

Gary Cooper

Howard Roark

Patricia Neal

Dominique Francon

Raymond Massey

Gail Wynand

Kent Smith

Peter Keating

Robert Douglas

Ellsworth Toohey

Henry Hull

Henry Cameron

Ray Collins

Roger Enright

Moroni Olsen

Chairman

Jerome Cowan

Alvah Scarret

Paul Harvey

Opera businessman (uncredited)

Thurston Hall

Businessman at party (uncredited)

Harry Woods

Quarry superintendent (uncredited)

Paul Stanton

Dean who expels Roark (uncredited)

Bob Alden

Newsboy (uncredited)

Tristram Coffin

Toohey's secretary (uncredited)

Roy Gordon

Vice-President (uncredited)

Isabel Withers

Secretary (uncredited)

Almira Sessions

Dominique's housekeeper at quarry (uncredited)

Tito Vuolo

Pasquale Orsini (uncredited)

William Haade

Worker (uncredited)

Gail Bonney

Woman (uncredited)

Dorothy Christy

Society woman (uncredited)

Harlan Warde

Young man (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale

Guy Francon (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

Gordon Prescott (uncredited)

Douglas Kennedy

Reporter (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin

Cortlandt official (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

Cortlandt official (uncredited)

John Doucette

Gus Webb (uncredited)

John Alvin

Young intellectual (uncredited)

Producers
:

Henry Blanke

Writers
:

Ayn Rand

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